Spyfall - Shut Up & Sit Down Review
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First published on July 4, 2015. - เกม
This game deserves a Lets Play
But it’s not getting one!
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This plays very similarly to Chameleon, with one clueless person trying to blend in and everyone else being careful not to give too much away. It's a fun balancing act to say enough to prove you're legit, but not so much that the fake can piece it all together.
quins is the best reviewer of stuff of all time..
The best part of this game is to watch my non-gamer family members come up with some of the most hilarious questions and answers when they arent even trying to be funny.
"The Spice in the baby's sleeping plastic bag" is one of the best and oddest metaphors in SUSD history.
I did not know that each location has different roles within the location! Now I'm sold. I'm not a huge fan of party style games and was hesitant about this one - sure I'd play it if everyone wanted to, but wouldn't suggest it. After this, I'm itching to try.
You do realize that you will now have to digitally edit a group of quinn's playing spyfall in the background of every video now right? RIGHT!
I went to Board Game Geek for Spyfall and printed out 8 printouts of all the locations available, and laminated it. This has made it a lot easier for the spy, and the non-spys trying to construct baiting questions
Thanks guys for reviewing one of my favourite party games ever. :D Love Your Work.
7:52 FTL map in the background.
So this is basically a Who's Line Is It Anyways sketch. Its an improv comedy show. One version aired in Britain, and another in the US. In the US version, and possibly in the British version I haven't seen, they do a sketch where a comedian is "reporting on site" in front of a green screen, and the other comedians are in the studio talking to him. The latter group can see what's being displayed on the green screen, and ask comedically leading questions about the events taking place behind the reporter, trying to get him to comment on a situation he can't actually witness.
I loved the concept of the game -- it seemed like something that I could play with my non-gamer friends. Yet, EVERY single time that I've brought it out, it went over like a lead weight. Some people just couldn't grasp the concept of bluffing, so it would always be obvious when they were the spy. Sometimes they would be so paranoid about giving away too much information that we'd end up with question after question that was completely inane, with answers that were equally inane. I tried to teach by example, but it just didn't work. And after discussing this with others who also have tried to teach the game, it seems that my experience is a fairly common one.
I admit that some games just aren't for everyone. But it seems to me that Spyfall is not for anyone at all (least not anyone that I know, in my experience so far). It's sad really, because I got the concept right from the start, and I thought it would be great. Shows how different things can be in theory as opposed to in practice.
I've had similar experiences with other games that I loved, but none caused as much confusion as Spyfall did.
Haldurson I teach math to ~18 year olds and a big chunk of them play this in their breaks and they don't seem to have this problem
This problem can happen with any deduction game. At least with Spyfall it's significantly lower stress since there's only one spy. I'd also add that it's a game that works much better at higher counts. Hell I've even had games at 3 with this that were beyond hilarious.
Spyfall was one of my social groups favorite games to play with non boardgame people and it always went over great! I haven't played it with a group that didn't instantly love it.
Watch let’s plays of it, and you’ll see it’s amazing with groups that have all the locations down.
This reminds me of one of the best board games I ever played, *Petits Meurtres et Faits Divers* (as far as I'm aware there's no English translation). It's a role playing game where an inspector must find who commited a crime, except everyone else is working against them. Each non-inspector player must say a specific set of words during their turn, but the culprit has different words than everyone else and so everyone is trying to create the most absurd story ever to throw off the inspector. It's quite fun!
One of the best reviews of SUASD.
Space for two?
0:19 Paul causally flipping everyone the bird
I loved the into to this one, nice one! :)
Though, I though the ending was going to play out like:
“Ok, I’m going out for coffee, can I get you anything?”
“Yes, sure can you get me a latte please? ... although... why do you need to go OUT for coffee... when we work in a coffee shop!?” (Background suddenly changes to interior of Starbucks. Other dude looks shocked and backs away slowly)
Aaah, rather nice to see Dice Saloon's Second Location again.
Quinn's laugh is going to a new meme LOL
10:46 either the neighbours are having fun or someone forgot to turn off the porn in the background :-P
I have no idea what you're hearing there
Reikianolla it’s around 10:47 / 48. You have to turn up your volume 100% to hear it .
Holy sh-, now I can never un-hear that
Nothing will ever top the moment we were in the Crusades, and I was asked if I wanted a sandwich with Ham and Saladin
Sounds like the "spy" card needs to have all the locations printed on it, so that the spy can look at it and make up questions.
It would be overly suspicious if the spy was looking at their card all the time.
I think the issue is that it's beneficial for everyone to have such a card, as everyone is trying to ask questions that could be interpreted multiple ways (in order to try and suss out the spy) - therefore, everyone having such a card would probably be beneficial.
Yes, the game benefits greatly from player aids. In fact, probably the most elegant way to play these days is using smartphones: spyfall.crabhat.com/
We've added a house rule, that the handout with all the locations is handed around the table. The player asking the question has the handout (which can be beneficial coming up with questions to try and out the spy) and is then handed to the person that will be answering. We've found that everyone looks at the handout while they have it (regardless of how much they actually need it) and that eliminates the "Oooh, you looked at the location list!" targeting of other players.
How has no one pointed out that this would completely and utterly defeat the object of the game?? The spy wins when he/she guesses the location. If they had it on their card it would be a rather short game, don't you think?
I don't think that is the rifling from a gun in the James Bond intros, I think it is the old aperture of a camera. So the guy spying on James Bond gets shot and his blood spills over the camera lens.
It actually is the barrel of a gun, unrecognizable as it may be from the inside. Google, youtube or wikipediya "gun barrel sequence" for more reading! I just did and found out that the white dots that go across the screen before the barrel part were first thought up as stylized gunshots. Who knew!
hahaha that ending was gold
My fav time playing this, it was me and 4 friends and the location was the crusades. One friend asked another "How fair you this morrow?" The response was "everyday is a good day with good on your side." Me and the other non-spy look at each other and see no confusion from the question and answer and we immediately accuse the 5th player. The spy wasn't happy that we got him in one question lol
You have to delve deep into your friend's mind and unravel the mystery within it. Sounds like a great game to me.
11:23 is much more relatable during Corona virus.
you can actually play this game with your friends in isolation through a spyfall app, perfect for the coronavirus situation
@@bapsbusiness1674 yes! I did this a couple of days ago and sent this video to my friends to watch beforehand. We didn't use the app though. Instead we used www.spyfall.adrianocola.com
The first time I played this game I was told that in a group of 9 players there will be time enough for it to make sense to me. Not much explanation required. I was the spy and didn't even know what the cards are let alone what they look like. I had an awful time and never wanted to play it again... I for the sake of my friends and family played once more having very little additional info, but was told as long as I wasn't the spy again it'll make sense.... I was the spy again and couldn't say.....I don't play this game anymore.
It's interesting to get another perspective on games my group and I have played in the past. When we played Spyfall at a board game cafe, we had a miserable time. It was not fun at all, and nearly impossible for the spy to win anything, unless one of your friends makes a huge slip up.
You glossed over the "memorize all the locations" bit, but that's pretty important, and a much bigger deal than you make it out to be. We had to make so many house rules (for looking at cards and looking at the sheet) for the spy to have any kind of chance.
If you've ever played Jackbox, you'll probably know which game in there this is similar to (can't remember the name of it off the top of my head). And, honestly, we all enjoyed that so much more than Spyfall.
We left the locations sheet on the table, everyone looked at it regularly to ask questions. We played 12 games and the spy won 3, the spy gets 4 points for a win, everyone else gets one if they win, so the spy should 1 game in 4, which it did, game seemed balanced enough to me, though admittedly, the spy never successfully guessed the location, they won each time by someone else getting voted the spy.
Personally, the first time I played it, I got the spy and nobody showed me a list of the available locations. I'm really bad at lying/pretending/improvising, so I had a really bad time, even during the following round where I was a civilian. Cannot recommend it myself for people like me.
Are you in a shot with yourself!? Hollywood!
I know some people like these kinds of games, and I welcome them to keep loving what they love.... but I absolutley hate these kinds of games. I can play hidden information games and have fun with them, but I can't play these kinds of games if its a "zero" information game, ie games where the outlier's only info they start out with is that they need to play it cool and try to not mess it up immediately.
I don't work well in these circumstances... I can of course do what the game wants and try to piece together info as questions are asked, but I can't be very convincing at the start with no info to go off of... its very, very stressful and frustrating to be the guy thats always picked out when I happen to be the "spy/alien/robot/etc."
I am however extremely capable if I start with at least a little info so that I can make myself at least somewhat convincing and I love games where the outlier has the same or even more info than the players. It makes me feel good to know that if I happen to be one, that I have a pretty good chance at not being found extremely early and at least an equal chance of winning.
*yawn*
Why does the last bit sound like lions?
Literally just bought the game because of this review.
We play this game in our group, but we let a gamemaster write down a location, which makes this game 5 times as hard for the spy
Spypaul
"..not on drugs.."
Definitely on drugs! lol
my best question ever was "is it normal to see lots of midgets in here?"
we were in a chocolate factory xD
Did Quinns bag each individual card? I fear/respect this
this review has aged a way into 2020
An American/Canadian?! NANI THE FU- : SYSTEM MALFUNCTION:
That looks like an awesome game store.
Sounds almost like Chameleon
Definitely not the one to be high watching
Today I learned that James Bond movies start with "tin.. tin... tin.. tin.. DINNER!"
Quins just killed James Bond openings for me.
Srsly. No need to buy this game. A couple of cards with locations and roles and you're good to go?
Huh.
Omae wa mou
Ummm, nah.
spyfall.adrianocola.com/ to play at a distance
No it's not a gun. It's a camera shutter.
does that make more sense? he shoots a photographer who sprays blood into the camera?
this game didnt work for us and ILl be looking to sell it
Wow. A Ukraine game. Means a lot more 5 years later
The Ukraine was literally at war when this video came out, they've been at war since 2014
Quinns is Agent Double Oh Nos. 🥷